Suppression Of Collisional Decoherence Of Optically Trapped Atoms 
                
                  
                    | Nir Davidson | 
                  
                    | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel | 
                
               
              
                
                  High density ensembles of cold atoms can be used as quantum memory devices, but often suffer from a high collision rate that leads to rapid decoherence. We present a new method to suppress this decoherence mechanism using a continuous strong echo pulse, achieving a thirty-fold increase in the coherence time of cold Rb atoms  trapped in a dipole trap.